Weatherman Jr
A young undergraduate passionate about weather forecasting has emerged as the new weatherman in virtual Kashmir, reports Minhaj Masoodi
If the weather is gloomy or the mercury is up, one person is always in discussion...
Saviour Swimmer
Bashir Ahmad, an expert swimmer, has so far saved scores of people from drowning in Sindh River and is the key help for people living between Sonamarg and Ganderbal, reports Saifullah Bashir
Twelve hours after...
Chenab’s Ababeel
Saifullah Bashir meets the group leader that oversees the Chenab region like a bird and tries everything to mitigate the crisis
In 2014 when devastating floods hit Kashmir, a group of youth in Chenab...
Against All Odds
Despite losing his right arm at 10, Sayer Abdullah, 23, now drives an SUV and goes on off-road trips, reports Khalid Bashir Gura
On the morning of September 17, 2007, a school bus carried students wearing neatly ironed...
A Lady Karvaan
Mehru N Nisa meets the young female scribe who crowdsources book to establish libraries for the underprivileged
For the inmates at Daarul Muhsinaat, an orphanage in Singhpora Pattan, the thought of having a library was...
The Road Raahat
Frequent closure of highway leaves a flood of people stranded thus encouraging the residents to have structured and sustainable initiatives to manage huger reports Parrey Babar
When the highway has a crisis, a group gets hyperactive. Raahat is a...
A Reading Room
A woman in Jammu sets up a library on her property to encourage students to read and gradually it is emerging a model for societies where families lack enough of space or the situation...
A Visionary Carpenter
Years after he picked the special carpentry skill, he lost his eyesight completely. This led Ghulam Qadir to accept the challenge and he started managing his work for all these years, flawlessly, reports Waseem...
A Brave Battle
While putting up a brave fight against a life-threatening disease and even losing his wife to discord, a young man ensured that he completes his PhD in time, reports Khalid Bashir Gura
“Life is what happens...
Highway Helpers
The road connecting Kashmir with the rest of the world is tricky and unstable. It turns bloody on the drop of a hat. Authorities apart, there are various groups voluntarily working to rescue people...
Knots In The Yarn
Dilshada earned livelihood selling her work at exhibitions outside Jammu and Kashmir. But she lost everything to 2014 floods. Before she could pick up the threads, her husband was diagnosed with a brain tumour,...
Educator Par Excellence
A trained engineer and a passionate teacher holds his class in an open ground well before the sunrise and this model of teaching in a pandemic is a smash hit, reports Syed Samreen
Muneer Alam wakes...
Keeping The Commitment
In a remote village in Anantnag, a doctor is working among nomads to help them face up to pandemic, reports Umar Khurshid
Amid the Coronavirus triggered a crisis, when everyone seeks refuge from the novel virus,...
A Covid-19 Samaritan
For Sajad Ahmad Khan, arranging burials for the people dying from Coronavirus isn’t just an act of benevolence but a commitment to society reports Syed Samreen
Sajad Ahmad Khan, 38, hailing from Srinagar’s Qamarwari area, has...
